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"A talking Meowth," interrupted Keith. Meowth fell silent at this. "And Meowth, you'll be pleased to know that I am in fact trading for a Poison-type this time," he added with a grin as they approached the trade machine. As Hyrem placed a Poké Ball on his end, Keith dug a pair of Rare Candies out of his backpack and placed them on his end of the machine. The switch was thrown, and in an instant, the Poké Ball switched places with the confectionary currency. Keith took this Poké Ball in his hand with a grin.

"Alright, let's see," Meowth prompted Keith, who grinned in response and threw the ball into the air.

"Go! Budew!" Keith exclaimed, and in a flash of light, a small, green Pokémon materialized on the floor. It had two arms that were twisted around each other above its head, and it stood on a pair of stubby feet. "Budew," it squeaked. Keith took out his Pokédex, despite having owned one of these in the past, and pointed it at his newest Pokémon.

"Budew, the Bud Pokémon," droned the device. "Budew will open its bud in response to warm sunlight, and release toxic pollen from within. In the winter, it closes its bud and endures the cold."

"Budew, Budew," Budew was saying, moving around strangely on its stubby feet, twirling and hopping around.

"Bud dew!" Budew squeaked in what seemed to be an attempt at an intimidating battle cry, before taking on a greenish aura. Keith could feel tiny amounts of energy being Absorbed out of him, but given the Budew's complete lack of strength (not to mention a resistance to Grass moves), it barely did anything at all.

"...Uhhhh," Meowth said, at a loss for words.

"I think I get it," Keith said, ignoring Budew's continuous attacking. "Roserade, the final evolution of Budew, are carnivorous. They lure in prey and then take it down with powerful attacks. Budew must be trying to practice."

"Bud... Bud... Bud..." Budew panted, now having abandoned the attempt altogether. Keith smiled, then scooped up the Grass/Poison-type in one hand.

"Don't sweat it, Budew, you'll get plenty of practice," he assured her. "I'll help you learn some new moves, we'll work on your dancing... And you know, you're not the only carnivorous Pokémon on the team, I'm sure your new teammates will be glad to teach you what they know."

"Budew!" Budew squeaked happily in response.

"Alright, so, just one more thing," Keith said. "There's still the matter of your nickname, but I think I got a good one. There's some kind of poisonous flower called sanguinaria, I was looking up poisonous flowers on the way over here, so, how does Aria sound?"

"Bud?" Budew squeaked, apparently deep in thought. Then, several seconds later, she hopped up and down in Keith's hand. "Bud! Budew!" she exclaimed.

"Budew says she likes da name," Meowth confirmed.

"Alright, then," smiled Keith. "Welcome to the team, Aria! Now let's get back to the Base and introduce you to the rest of the team." With that, Keith exited the Cable Club, still holding his new Budew in one hand.

Wow, you're a cute Pokemon too, aren't ya? Let's see just what you can do:

Mawile, the Deceiver Pokemon. Mawile's steel horns are mutated into a large, second mouth shortly after birth. It attacks its prey once it has lured them close enough with its charms and uses its steel jaws to bite down with a force powerful enough to crush a beam of iron. If threatened by something too large to bite in this manner, it may open its second mouth wide in an attempt to scare the enemy away.

: Mawile~ ^_^ *stretches its arms wide*

Aw, you want a hug? *leans in close*

: Maw~ >:3 *swings her second mouth around to try to bite me*

WAH! *backs off just in time* That was close! You're a crafty little one too, huh? Still, I think you'll fit in just as fine as Ahri will, and in that respect... I think I'll name you Akali! Thanks Rayzen, and Merry Christmas!